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FAMILY PULICIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Many common fleas attacking humans and domestic animals
Synonyms:
family Pulicidae; Pulicidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Pulicidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "family Pulicidae"):
genus Pulex; Pulex (type genus of the Pulicidae)
Ctenocephalides; genus Ctenocephalides (an arthropod genus of fleas)
Holonyms ("family Pulicidae" is a member of...):
order Siphonaptera; Siphonaptera (fleas)